(19:46 / Sunday, June 01, 2008)
Jubilate V
Playing Singapore Rhapsody on first night was quite fun. Everyone was so nervous behind the curtains and we were all so stiff. And when the first bell rang everyone jumped and got ready - only to realise that there were three bells through the intervals! And I spotted so many friends among the audience! We got the timing for the ending wrong but it was still okay, lah. Then we were chased out of the holding area after that and Christine Laisum and I camwhored a little downstairs, while waiting for the concert to end :D Returned home at 11-odd. Then I had to rush everything, the groceries (will be mentioned later!), packing for the next day etc etc.
Then, Gala Night performance was so different! The ending was so WOOOH. And when we ended there was echo in the whole performance theatre. And we were chased out of the holding area too, and we all boarded the bus back to school. After packing and keeping our flutes, the section walked out and along ave2, trying to flag down 2 cabs (6 people!). And Ningxuan and I finally got on one after quite a while, and we cabbed to the hotel, leaving the 4 seniors behind to wait for another cab.
"That's it..?"
We were pretty shocked at the size of the room, but nevermind! :D Initially, after moving the study table and bedside table, we were planning to join the two single beds. But it was too heavy and stubborn, so we dragged the top mattresses of the two beds on to the floor, and created FOUR beds :D But the two original beds were hard and springy and ouch (Each time you turn a little, you bounce a little).
And so we went down to meet the seniors and bring them up. And we were all climbing on beds and tiptoe-ing in between mattresses trying to move about. AND WE SWITCHED ON VASANTHAM CENTRAL! And when we tried turning the volume up, we realised that the volume only gets louder in the toilet (There are speakers on top of the toilet seat in the bathroom, so that you know what you're missing out)...
I slept with my hair wet because I was too exhausted and impatient to wait for it to dry.
We woke up this morning and had breakfast, then placed all the mattresses and tables and chairs back to their original position. And we stalled for time at Central, looking at some exhibition, while Laisum and Samantha were shopping at Vivomart for our lunch. Then we took the MRT to Harbourfront and sent Ningxuan off and made Joy Tessa and Valery walk about by themselves while Ann and I got the Sentosa Express admissions.
FOLLOWING LAISUM'S INSTRUCTIONS IS PROBABLY THE HARDEST THING. EVER.
I got like how many phone calls telling me "WE'RE GOING PALAWAN CAUSE SILOSO'S SAND IS DISGUSTING!", "STALL FOR TIME! GO ROUND IN THE TRAM A FEW MORE TIMES!", "GO INTO COSTA SANDS AND TURN LEFT, YOU'LL SEE A BEACH!". Hah beach inside Costa Sands indeed!
Due to miscommunication, we went in and out and in of the tram queue looking rather stupid :D And on and off and on the tram looking rather lost :D And up and down and all around Siloso Beach, trying to hunt for a certain Palawan Beach outside Costa Sands, according to Laisum.
So they were on Siloso Beach all along! They just planted themselves at an area of the beach with nicer sand, and called it Palawan! WHOA :D And we had our picnic with visits from many many ants. And my phone blanked out on me from then on.
After lunch we queued up for Underwater World and went on the travellator twice. And got scared by an abrupt ginormous stationary fish TWICE! Okay, then we went back after that.
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PICTURES PICTURES! (In chronological order)
GHOSTGHOST!
Green Badges! With Jess Ling and Tessa!
With SiJia Rachel Belle Christine and Weiyun!
FLUTES! From left: Valery Joy Tessa Ann Ningxuan Samantha Laisum JiaHui
JUMPSHOT WITH LAISUM!
With Rachel Lee and Christine Seow!
With ChingPing Christine and Bernice!
I would've uploaded more if Blogger didn't take forever! :D
& CLICK FIVE CONCERT IS LIKE, NOW.